Investing in Vacation Rental Property: Is it a good idea in Hawaii?

The past eighteen to twenty months have seen one of Hawaii’s most precious features – it’s tourism – decline. Consequently, there’s been a knock-on effect on real estate prices.  Valuations of Hawaii condos for sale have either ...

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Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly two months yesterday as prices on the front-end of the yield curve were weighed down by better-than-expected data and long-end yields were pushed up due to Pfizer’s $31 billion duration-heavy, multi-tranche, fourth largest ...

Critical Considerations for Retirees Buying a Vacation Home On Oahu

A vacation home has a lot to offer – it can be a remote working hub, a winter getaway, a gathering place for family, and even a source of passive income. It’s no wonder vacation homes are selling like hotcakes ...

Luxury Beachfront Homes for Sale: Your golden Hawaiian investment opportunity

Have you ever considered investing in real estate in the U.S.? Well, not just anywhere in the country, but somewhere that’ll give you the greatest bang for your buck? The challenge for most prospective real estate investors has always ...

Moving homes is a big decision to make. As you weigh all the relevant factors of your lifestyle against the huge number of options available to you, you may question whether the home you have chosen is right for your lifestyle- even in paradise.

When considering whether a luxury Kailua ...

The third-largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, Oahu offers a rich variety of luxury homes for vacationers, real estate investors, future residents and rental home investors. When searching for the perfect home, it might be worth looking into luxury real estate in Honolulu and other areas in Oahu, such as ...

Part III of IV

If you are a DIY enthusiast, you’ll likely have 50-ways to do a certain thing – like fix a leaky faucet or clear the pesky clogged drain. Well, as a global real-estate watcher, let me tell you that there are also fifty (or even a 100 ...

Oahu, Hawaii: Your Choice of Places to Live, Work and Invest in

Part II of IV

An oasis within the deep blue Pacific Ocean! That’s the only way to describe what one experiences when living in a place like Hawaii.  For one, you’ll enjoy extended periods of warm sunny ...

Initial Jobless Claims are moving in the wrong direction, unfortunately, as the number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time increased in the latest week. While the number of people continuing to receive benefits did decline, read on below to see why this news is not as ...

Oahu Real Estate Market Outlook - November 2020: Signs of recovery and better things to come

When COVID-19 hit Hawaii in the first quarter of 2020, realtors, buyers, sellers and real estate-related business braced for a backlash. Was there an impact – yes, as might be expected. But there are ...